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Fully deserved for old Marytn. But how did Symonds get the One Day player of the year.

I reckon the voting format is a bit suss, because the players judge, so just say Lehmann gets a ton (highly unlikely I know), and so does Katich it will more than likely result in Lehmann getting more votes because he is more popular, hence his selection in the side over Katich.

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Id say the same thing happened with Martyn over Langer. Surely Langers Doubles would have put him ahead in the test player.

Symonds is a bit of a Mystery, his big advantage was he played more ODI's than most, 26 if my memory serves me correct. When talking bowlers the next closest was Dizzy with 22 games then Lee and Kasper on about 16 each. Im sure the batsman are similar. Hard to poll high when you play less games. Anyhow thats how i think he got over the line.

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I reakon he would have been dropped in 2003 and would struggle to get back. It also depends whether you are talking ODI or test. NZ ODI have won 22 of their last 25 or so. Hence he would struggle to make it there.